From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#48439: 28.0.50; Support for the Alacritty terminal emulator Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 22:40:15 +0200 Message-ID: <871r9ucztc.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87y2cgcki3.fsf@gnu.org> <83y2cgw7xb.fsf@gnu.org> <87v97kcigu.fsf@gnu.org> <83r1i8w2yd.fsf@gnu.org> <83o8dcw2es.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgwwglia.fsf@igel.home> <83mtsww103.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39201"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 48439@debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab , tsdh@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 25 22:42:19 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lldsZ-0009xp-03 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 22:42:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42846 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lldsY-0007mj-1O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 16:42:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52044) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lldrK-0005yy-5Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 16:41:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35595) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lldrJ-0006BH-UD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 16:41:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lldrJ-0008Jx-S7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 16:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 20:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 48439 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 48439-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B48439.162197522731925 (code B ref 48439); Tue, 25 May 2021 20:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 48439) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 May 2021 20:40:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47138 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lldql-0008Ir-KJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 16:40:27 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:49850) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lldqj-0008Ia-5E for 48439@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2021 16:40:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=5CCGVJITeqqMWtYg/IA0Ggi3oJz4g+zmpPytO8FAAhI=; b=WtF8elrJooc7aOX78ZVz6qwzm4 K+KLm1+k+8zCTeuUpggcff+Tuy7iUnemydEFJC2R080QidyyMX29RFvfFKM3EuWjAMqo7+qgozRBW t0egayTsZxu9QcwX6Joj4fDI0h6wCLZos7F6+YQju0jcG4jLIPRsYOf2+D92rKrG9JQ4=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lldqZ-0005FA-VT; Tue, 25 May 2021 22:40:18 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Mochipet's _Girls Love Breakcore_: "Botan Ricecore (Aaron Spectre Mix)" In-Reply-To: <83mtsww103.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 15 May 2021 17:00:12 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:207263 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > OK, thanks. Then I guess Alacritty is indeed close enough to > xterm-256color. Since it's close enough, I've now applied Tassilo's patch. > The only question I have is: does Alacritty offer any > capabilities that are not in xterm-256color? Because if it does, then > adding it to the list of aliases will prevent users from taking > advantage of those additional capabilities, because AFAIU we use the > alias without checking first whether the original terminal name has a > library. So if Alacritty has important additional features, it might > be better to prepare a separate alacritty.el file, using xterm.el as a > starting point (or even 'require'ing it). That's true -- but I guess we'll just have to wait and see whether there's any request for supporting these additional features (if any). If there is, removing the alias is easy enough. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no